Volunteers The Organizational Behavior of Unpaid Workers

Volunteers is the first comprehensive book on the organizational behavior of volunteer workers. It explores why people volunteer for organizational work, drawing upon original research and the existing scholarly work in this field. In her study, Jone L. Pearce looks at successful and unsuccessful organizations in areas such as the arts, social services and health care. She discusses the implications of volunteers on general theories of organizational behavior, and also outlines the practical effects of an understanding of volunteer workers for all organizations employing them.Pearce, Jone L. is the author of 'Volunteers The Organizational Behavior of Unpaid Workers', published 1993 under ISBN 9780415094276 and ISBN 0415094275.